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MetroMPG · 06-19-2017, 02:13 PM

^ Sounds similar to Corvette owners disabling the 1-to-4 shifter thing.

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I've seen (heard) auto stop/start on a few more cars in the last couple of weeks. Always when I'm on my bike. Yesterday it was a new Jeep Cherokee.

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